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On January 13, 2016 I was a little lost. I was close to broke, the business I was working for hadn’t paid me in three months, and I was sitting …
People Who Don’t Stop Talking: A Passive Aggressive Playbook
Have you ever encountered a person who incessantly speaks, and when it is your turn in the conversation they listen to you only for opportunities to regain control of the …
Walking Like a Panther: The Power of Poses
One of my clients does the panther walk. That is, they walk as if avalanches of abundance are cascading into their life and the manifestations of their dreams are happening …
Bad News About Bad Habits, Making a Mess and Doing
People want good news about bad habits Have you noticed how people tend to tiptoe around the root of a problem? Let’s think about our friend James. He is having trouble …
Audit Yourself
This weekend, starting right now, I will be auditing myself. And I invite to you to do the same with yourself. What do I mean by that? When I was …
Trolls and the Blinking Cursor
New Post. A Blank Page. The blinking cursor. The first few letters of a word appear from thought, hit the fingers and flash across the screen. Somewhere within my head …
The #1 Killer of Americans
What is the #1 killer of Americans? Terrorists? Immigrants? Muslims? Donald Trump? The Clintons? The GOP? Black Lives Matter? The Russians? None of the statistics agree with any of these anxiety-ridden assumptions. …
The Friday Five – January 6, 2017
This was last week’s Friday Five I sent to the tribe and an example of what you can expect to receive from the man bun maestro. If you are interested in …
The Man in the Mirror: Social Justice’s Forgotten Hero
The social movements of today are missing a critical element that was core to every movement that’s ever cracked the foundations of injustice: Self Purification. Without self purification, we are …
Give Me Breath, or Give Me Death: 4 Ways to Navigate a Quickening World
After weeks of anticipation, I got the call. It was an opportunity to be part of an event I had been seeking for 5 years, and the caller had the …
Reactive Reptiles
James sits with his butthole clenched, teeth gritting and eye balls twitching. That stupid gorilla meme Sandy shared is the most xenophobic, misogynist, bigoted, racist thing since ET the Extra-Terrestrial. …
Cannabis Legalization: Follow the Money
On August 11, 2016 the DEA said Cannabis will remain a Schedule 1 substance, the same classification as heroin. The DEA classifies a schedule 1 drug as one “with no currently accepted …
One Year Ago I Retired
I retired at 28 with no 401K, no savings, tons of debt and an idea: Freedom. July 3rd, 2015 was my independence day. It was the end of a toxic …
What My High School Guidance Counselor Didn’t Tell Me
You’re being rushed into a life of indentured servitude. The education you’re going to purchase will be mediocre. At times, what you will be taught will be an insult to the …
Infinite Indecision
How I Calibrate Myself to Avoid Decision Fatigue Hurriedly James leaves the dark confines of his flourescently lit office and spills onto the sun soaked pavement of the outside world. …